# Maria Blanco

**ABOUT Maria**  
Maria Blanco is a dancer, choreographer and educator from Bloomfield Hills, MI. Now a true Chicagoan, she enjoys combining social dance with her contemporary training to push the boundaries of dance, what it means to be a dancer, and who can dance. She is on a constant journey to explore how improvisation can be used as a tool for both dancers and non-movers, changing the narrative of where dance is accessible, and whom it is accessible to. She is also the co-founder of LOUD BODIES Dance, a non-profit dance organization that combines dance and activism in collaboration with local non-profit and mutual aid organizations.

## When Dancing
She emphasizes freedom, choice-making, joy, and feel-good sweat. When off balance, fueled by process, failure, and authenticity, she feels most like Maria. When dancing she is truly the coolest version of herself: sexy, unapologetic, loud, bright, and groovy. Dancing is for her, but it is also hers to share with the communities of humans and movers she loves so deeply.

## When Not Dancing
Going to the movies and eating lots of popcorn; thrifting weird clothes; kissing her cats Bonnie and Tony and her hamster, Hazel; eating food, giggling, and dancing with friends; drinking yummy coffee; listening to too many true crime podcasts; reading her Bon Apetit magazine, collecting funky stickers, telling people they're pretty...

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[Listen to Maria’s DC playlists on Spotify →](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/78tH9tUTINMN9aWnMCKSq0?si=181ec1fbcd27417b)

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